Tumi just teamed up with Public School on some seriously slick suitcases

If you're a frequent traveller, you probably spend quite a bit of your spare time packing your wardrobe into a suitcase - but why shouldn't that case reflect the no doubt impeccable selection of clothes it contains? Following on from the luggagemaker's GQ-approved camo line, Tumi has now teamed up with American designers - and last year's International Woolmark Prize winners - Public School ona new menswear-friendly capsule collection.

In order to create these pieces, Maxwell Osborne and Dao-Yi Chow took three types of trip that they frequently make as their inspiration: "a short trip, a trip out east for two weeks, and on a longer research development trip in Asia". This means a solid mix of sizes and shapes in this 6-piece collection: from hard cases to soft, shoulder-appropriate bags and a wash kit - all of which are in shades of the design duo's signature colour: black.

The main way these cases differ from their Tumi brothers is in the hard casing they're crafted from, which takes the label's patented, hardwearing Tegris material in black graphite and overlays it with laser-cut netting to create a weave pattern.

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You'll also find a version of this on the underside of the travel satchel, and in the hardware and luggage tags on the elegant leather and nylon day bags.

As a finishing touch, you'll find a hard leather fan-embellishment - the Public School x Tumi collaboration trademark - hanging off the softer options in the collection. So even if you're the kind of guy who balls all your clothes up into your case an hour before the taxi arrives, your menswear credentials can't be questioned as you carry your case through the airport. £145 to £950. Available to buy online at Tumi now or at Tumi, 211-213 Regent Street, London, W1B 4NF

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